PROLOGUE A Silence of Three Parts IT WAS NIGHT AGAIN. The Waystone Inn lay in silence‚ and it was a silence of three parts. The most obvious part was a hollow‚ echoing quiet‚ made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed through the trees‚ set the inn’s sign creaking on its hooks‚ and brushed the silence down the road like trailing autumn leaves. If there had been a crowd‚ even a handful of men inside the inn‚ they would have filled the silence with conversation and laughter
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Sleepy Inn Motel Eng Huang bought Sleepy Inn Motel‚ a 60-room motel located at the edge of a small town about one-half mile off the interstate highway. Even though Sleepy Inn Motel is 10 miles from a tourist area‚ the only promotion near the motel is two large signs advertising the name of the area. Over the past two years that Eng has owned and operated Sleepy Inn Motel‚ its occupancy has been far below the average for other motels with his classification. Eng must make a strategic business
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The Magnolia Inn sets on a bluff over-looking the Pacific Ocean in scenic Half Moon Bay California. The sole owners of the Magnolia are Jim and Nancy Anderson. They have some necessary experience as they owned and operated a motel until approximately one year ago. This motel was sold to help raise the funds necessary to purchase and renovate the Victorian home used to house the Magnolia Inn. The owners plan on being hands on owners who will be involved in all aspects of the operation of this venture
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D. Dave Collins‚ president of H.I.D.‚ sat down at the conference table with his management team members‚ Karen Setz‚ Tony Briggs‚ Dave King‚ and Art Johnson. H.I.D. owns ten Holiday Inns in Georgia‚ eight hotels of different types in Canada‚ and one property in the Caribbean. It also owns two Quality Inns in Georgia. Dave Collins and his managers got together to define their mission and goals and to set strategic plans. As they began their strategic planning session‚ the consultant they
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between 6 – 8 hour sessions each day. Branch managers and stakeholders from all over the country will be attending. The training session will be held at Holiday Inn Conference Room 1‚ 2 and 3. Each session will be split up into 3 classes‚ anyone living more than 50 miles from the hotel will receive free accommodations at the Holiday Inn for 3 nights‚ anyone living less than 50 miles from the hotel and would like to stay at the hotel will receive reduced rates. We would like everyone who is staying
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Sweetest Dreams Inn Case Analysis #1 1) Mr. Phan‚ owner of the Sweetest Dreams Inn‚ is extremely production-oriented. This is probably due to the fact that he has held a job as a production manager for a company producing industrial machinery for many years. Production orientation can be defined as making whatever products are easy to produce and then trying to sell them. Customers are viewed by those such as Mr. Phan‚ as purchasers of their product instead of people
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The Magnesium Oxide Lab In a compound the atoms of different elements are present in numbers whose ratio is usually an integer or a simple fraction. The simplest (or empirical) formula of the compound expresses that ratio. Simplest formulas are determined by establishing the mass of each element present in a sample of the compound. From those masses one finds the number of moles of each element present. The mole ratio is also the atom ratio in the compound and that ratio provides the subscripts
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Management A Resit Introduction This report will be providing a detailed analysis of the existing Budget Hotel market‚ and how to improve the competiveness of the Travelodge UK‚ the second largest Budget Hotel chain in the United Kingdom‚ Second Premier Inn. This report will contain the following‚ a profile of the organisation’s current target market‚ which will include demographic‚ psychographic‚ geographic and behavioural variables. That will then be followed by a well-referenced and well-researched
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considered a mental illness; something that needed to be changed or cured. There were few places where gay people could go that they could be open about their sexuality‚ and one of the main places were gay clubs. One of these clubs included the Stonewall Inn‚ which at the time was a dingy‚ mafia-run bar located in Greenwich Village. On June 28‚ 1969‚ the police raided the bar. Police frequently raided gay bars and met little to no resistance; however‚ this time‚ the patrons fought back. The raid quickly
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thus their profits and growth will rise. Franchising seems to be the best growth strategy for mid-sized hotels. By franchising they will be able to latch onto other sound hotels and branch on their base by using their name. This is what the Holiday Inn Express did that I used to work at. It was relatively easy to convert bedding standards and uniforms to meet the franchising expectations and then guests knew they were getting a consistent stay when they made a reservation. Large hotels growth strategy
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